Throughout this season we're highlighting other indie Black Podcasts telling our stories.

Blackbaut Voices shares the richness of black Southern culture by telling stories from and about black folks down south.

You'll hear from the innovators, the disruptors, local legends, and up-and-comers.

Listen and subscribe to Black Belt Voices on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Hey, welcome to you had me at Black. I'm Martina Abraham Zalunga. Today's story was

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social media for updates. Now let's get to the story. It comes from Carl. He wasn't

looking for a relationship when his best friend set him up on a date, but by the end he was.

Here's what happened. So I guess you know like girl magic and all that good shit I am definitely a

motherfucking mermaid I I took my shirt off.

I was like, oh yeah, this cool.

But they start taking everything off.

I was like, niggas don't skinny dip.

Black women are healers and nobody can tell me any different. You're listening to You Had Me at Black.

Y'all know there's like two different types of being single.

There's like the I'm single I want to be a relationship I want to meet somebody and then there's like that don't mess with my peace single like I'm good I'm alone I mean myself care like I'm alone. I'm in myself care like I was on the latter half like I was good yoga

meditation I had done like 230 straight days on the Bible that I was good. I was home alone on a Friday night watching Hitch.

And my boy hits me and he's like, hey, you know, I got somebody who wants to meet you.

And everything I'm thinking in my head, like, no, like, Carl, you're good.

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