{{short description|2016 song by NF}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = How Could You Leave Us | type = song | artist = [[NF (rapper)|NF]] | album = [[Therapy Session]] | released = April 22, 2016 | recorded = | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | length = 5:22 | label = [[Capitol Christian Music Group|Capitol CMG]] | writer = * [[NF (rapper)|Nathan Feuerstein]] * [[Tommee Profitt]] | producer = Profitt | misc = {{External music video|type=song|{{YouTube|wOzQMCyPc8o|"How Could You Leave Us"}}}} }} "'''How Could You Leave Us'''" is a song by American rapper [[NF (rapper)|NF]] from his second studio album ''[[Therapy Session]]'' (2016). It was produced by [[Tommee Profitt]].
==Content== In the song, NF addresses his mother and her death from a drug overdose.<ref name="RG">{{cite web |first=Carlin |last=Doyle |title=Album Review: NF – Therapy Session |url=https://reel-gospel.com/2016/04/26/album-review-nf-therapy-session/ |publisher=Reel Gospel |accessdate=November 28, 2025 |date=April 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="JFH">{{cite web |title=NF, "Therapy Session" Review |url=https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com//cdreviews/TherapySession.asp |publisher=Jesus Freak Hideout |accessdate=November 28, 2025 |date=May 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="RZ">{{cite web |last1=Daniels |first1=David |title=Video: NF – How Could You Leave Us |url=https://rapzilla.com/2017-01-video-nf-how-could-you-leave-us/ |website=Rapzilla |access-date=November 28, 2025 |date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> He raps about feeling abandoned as a kid,<ref>{{cite journal |first=Matt |last=Conner |title=NF – 'Therapy Session' album review |url=https://www.ccmmagazine.com/reviews/nf-therapy-session-album-review/ |journal=[[CCM Magazine]] |accessdate=November 28, 2025 |date=May 16, 2016}}</ref> due to her addiction, and struggling to deal with her absence following her death.<ref name="JFH" /> He sobs in the background while singing to her and tearfully talks to his mother in the outro.<ref name="RG" /><ref name="JFH" />
==Critical reception== Kevin Hoskins of ''Jesus Freak Hideout'' described the song as "one of the most emotionally gripping tracks I have heard in a long time as Nate opens his heart and past like a book for all of us to read with the ending product being absolutely stunning."<ref name="JFH" /> Carlin Doyle of ''Reel Gospel'' called it "beautiful and heartbreaking."<ref name="RG" />
==Music video== The music video was released on January 30, 2017.<ref name="RZ" />
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardchristiansongs|23|artist=NF|rowheader=true|access-date=November 28, 2025}} |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|certyear=2025|award=Platinum|access-date=December 5, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=NF|title=How Could You Leave Us|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2016|certyear=2023|access-date=November 28, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=NF|title=How Could You Leave Us|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2016|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=November 28, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=NF|title=How Could You Leave Us|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2016|certyear=2021|access-date=November 28, 2025}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
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