“Boxes” is a spoken‑word rock‑trap fusion that confronts identity, foster care, and the politics of belonging. Opening with party chatter and whispered questions — What are you? Are you Black? Are you white? — the track unravels into a searing testimony about labels, stereotypes, and the trauma of being forced into categories that erase humanity.

Sparse guitar riffs and heavy beat drops frame verses delivered preacher‑style, exposing the cold machinery of foster care, the indignities of social workers, and the absurdity of “checking boxes” for donors and systems. The chorus rises as a defiant mantra: If you’ve just got to check a box, call me American.

Raw, urgent, and unflinching, “Boxes” is both performance and protest — a sonic warehouse of voices, trauma, and resilience. It blends humor, lament, and rage into a testimony of survival, challenging listeners to confront the ways society commodifies identity.

This is not just a song — it’s a reckoning. Funds generated with this song benefit Voices of Foster Care.

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Coffy Box Music — A Sonic Legacy of Truth & Communion

Coffy Box Music is the publishing arm of Holter Intellectual Property, Inc., a nonprofit founded by Jessica Holter to preserve and expand the cultural legacy of The Punany Poets. Since 1995, Holter’s groundbreaking work has fused spoken word, R&B, hip‑hop, gospel, and theatrical scoring into a living archive of Black love, intimacy, and truth‑telling.

From the HIP Archives to new collaborations, Coffy Box Music curates soundtracks that move between live performance and studio craft, blending radical testimony with soulful resonance. Our catalog features work with legendary producers and musicians including Lev Berlak (Too $hort, E‑40), D’Wayne Wiggins (Tony! Toni! Toné!), Femi Andrades, Keno Mapp, and sessions at The Grill Studios — each contributing to the sonic sanctuary of Holter’s poetic vision.

Today, Coffy Box Music expands into the future with Suno AI remixes and original productions for the forthcoming Truth Is a Trap House Listening Party Album. These new works remix Holter’s spoken word into genre‑bending tracks that carry the urgency of foster care testimony, gospel lament, and trap‑house grit into a modern soundscape.

We also offer custom songs for every occasion — birthdays, anniversaries, or “just because” moments — transforming your stories into one‑of‑a‑kind musical keepsakes. All music and entertainment curriculum is available through Holter Intellectual Property, Inc., ensuring that every track is not only art, but education, empowerment, and legacy.

Coffy Box Music is more than a label. It is a communal archive, a creative classroom, and a sonic revolution.