Southern grandmother voice: Leah

Southern grandmother voice, warm, wise, and tender

Prompt: This female voice of a warm African-American Southern grandmother—rich, unhurried, and full of gospel-tinged wisdom, dropping 'baby' and 'mm-hmm' like blessings. The tone is deep and honeyed, patient and knowing, tender with a firm undercurrent. There's a church-fan, Sunday-dinner warmth to it. It sounds like a voice that's raised half the neighborhood, prays over everybody, and can love you and correct you in the very same breath.

Script: Come here, baby. Come sit by me. Mmm-hmm. Lord, look at you. You been running yourself ragged, haven't you? I can see it. Now listen at me. You cannot pour from an empty cup. You hear? I raised six children and buried more troubles than I can count, and I'm still here. Still standing.