NF - How Could You Leave Us Reaction 💔💔💔 

the fact that nf is going to have a kid makes the end hit different.

My son showed me this song about 4 years ago at the time I was at the losing end of a 10 year opiate addiction. It affected me so strongly I could see all my kids pain through NFs eyes and words. It was the push that finally got me to seek treatment. I've been clean ever since. I honestly believe that Nate is a prophet... sadly he couldn't save his mom but he did save me. I will be forever greatful and a devoted fan. I've shared this story so many times on reactions I'm sure everyone is getting tired of seeing it. 🙄 Maybe one day he will see it, he knows his music helps people going through what he has gone through but I'm not sure if he realizes it also saves people going through what his mom went through..... fun, useless fact I live 25 minutes from Gladwin where Nate was born and raised.

He had to ask everyone in the studio to leave while he did the last part with him talking. Those were real tears, and this song is full of real emotions.

He broke down in the studio for over half an hour while recording, and all of the crying in the song is recordings of that- it’s actually real. After they finished the initial recording his producer and Best friend Tomee Profitt took him out to a movie to calm him down.

Pause all you want my dude, doesn’t bother me one bit. Its nice to see someone breakdown and appreciate the craft that NF has. There’s a reason NF has a fan base like no other. NF REAL MUSIC.

Can’t get through this song without tearing up.

Just to let you know he was 18 when his mother passed away. His senior year of high school. He was in and out of his mom's life because of her addiction. He said that NOW he sees his mom was a victim to her illness. He sees it differently now that he is 29 years old. He says he forgives her now and it took a lot of maturity, self reflection and therapy to get where he is now.

What makes that last verse even more hard hitting, is that it wasn’t meant to be part of the song, that last verse wasn’t planned, he had a break down whilst recording, asked everyone to clear the room and leave him to himself and he just starting venting his feelings. He didn’t realise the audio was still recording and captured it all. NF and his producers then made it fit into the song.

11:35 "The mind is a powerful place and what you feed it can affect you in a powerful way." NF said it best

He does mention in an interview that he really was crying in the studio recording this song. It’s crazy.

I lost my mom last October and its the worst pain I've ever felt. It broke my fucking heart. Its still hard for me to even look at her picture without balling my eyes out. Our last convo was a argument and it eats me alive still today. This music video was the first to ever make me get teary eyed. Never thought I'd have both parents dead before I'm even 30. I didnt see my dad since I was 11 and he wasn't a good father but it still hurt me when he passed away. It does feel like your parent choose drugs over you in these type of situations. Let me tell you that cuts deep to a child. Really messes with your trust and self worth down the road.

The person in the corner a social worker for supervised visits usually after a parent loses a custody of a child and allowed only supervised visits

Bro I’m so glad I found you as a reactor. You were the perfect person to find NF and go on the journey. Your content is excellent, your breakdowns are well put together, your understanding of lyrics is top tier. Keep doing what you do and you will blow up for sure.

He was 18 when she passed and from what I have heard in interviews he and his sister's struggled back in forth going through this with their mom for as long as they can remember :( what's so sad is that we all personally know people that are either the suffering addicted parent, or the suffering child and feel powerless to help. Shew this song gets me everytime! So glad we are through it and excited for whatever you do next!!🔥💜

I’ve been waiting to see this reaction. This song has a special spot for me. My mom and I don’t have a great relationship. This song helps me to keep reaching out to my mother. Even though she is toxic

I'm glad I got you to listen to NF because you are killing these breakdowns. Keep it up bro.

The person you called a therapist was a cps worker. Great reaction.

Tough song to listen to ! Masterpiece ♥️❤️‍🩹♥️

He isn’t ready for Remember This….. unless he already listened to it

I lost my brother to addiction and I was the one who found him and this song hits me so much harder after it happened now it’s so difficult to listen to the entire song

This song is the only song by any artist that has ever made me cry let alone consistently cry every time I listen to it

If we wanted to hear the track we'd go to.NF straight like then1st few times. Were here to hear your reaction.... your good at this . You catch it all and feel it.too.

Thank you for not editing out your tears a lot of reactors will edit out their tears and it takes away from the power of the song lot of men nowadays don't show their emotions and when something this powerful it's appreciated when you show how it moves you

NF may be the realist artist but you also have realist reactions @Dev Lethal

I Think the "therapist" is a CPS worker

14:53 they were real tears he asked the staff of the studio to leave the studio for a bit and from this point is just him in the room alone giving his farewell message to his mom

Love the NF reactions. Can't wait to see your reaction of Returns. Soooo Good.

Must have listened to this track 100 times, it never stops making me choke up. I didn't have a good upbringing this song brings alot back to my brain. I hate it yet love it. NF keeping it real much love

As someone who went through the exact same thing with my mom, only the alcohol bottle took her instead of pills... This song always brings tears to my eyes.

This is only the second time I'm listening to this song. I'm only listening to it to see you react. I'm writing this before you've reacted. This song absolutely broke me as a mother. After this I likely will not listen to it again. Not because it isn't good, it's an amazingly powerful and beautiful song. But because it hurts my soul so much I simply cannot listen to it. That's how you know NF is an amazing fucking artist. And it breaks my heart for him.

This song holds a very special place in my heart 😭

MAN I WAS ON YOUR CHANNEL CUS OF VON & DURK BUT I FCKN LOVE NF AND HEARING YOU TALK WITH EMPATHY ABOUT ADDICTION YOU MY FAV REACTOR FOR THAT ... DONT NONE OF US GROW UP WANTING TO BE ADDICTS, BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS OUR ADDICTION IS NOT WHAT MOST THESE JUDGEMENTAL HATERS BE THINKING. REAL SHIT.. WE HUMAN BEINGS! WE MOMS.DADS.SISTERS.BROTHERS, WE SOMEONES LOVED ONE... LET GO AND LET GOD!

a mil favs from NF always growing

I like how you pause, I feel like it helps you catch the bars, and you're one of the best I have seen with hearing what he is saying. Like the bars no one else comments on you catch, and I love hearing his words being appreciated. So keep pausing, screw everyone throwing shade, if they want to hear the music without pauses they should go watch the music video.

Hey man I love your reactions. feels super real and just hella down to earth. Keep on pausing. that's the reason we watch you cause anyone of us could just listen to the song but you adding your comments is what makes this different than just the song. Keep on doing you man.

Bro if you do reactions fuck the haters. If they wanna see the music video on their own without pausing they can do that. We love seeing new people react to it. You do you

I saw someone else comment on a different reaction to this song "if only there was a Grammy for 'Best song NOT going on my playlist'"

This is one of the songs that made me really relate and like NF, I lost my mother at a early age, she lost a fight to cancer.

Don’t worry about the haters, you did a great job analyzing the song. Addiction is a beast and with the energy you give to NF is genuine and you have a new subscriber. I know I’m only 1 but I’m sure you’ve gotten a lot of new subs because of Nate!

One of the best reactions I've seen to this. I don't how how folk keep it together cuz I cry every time 💯❤️🔥

This is hands down one of the best reactions to this song I’ve seen. You gained a new sub in me..great job! I’m

Keep doing you brother! The NF fam love you! #NFfam

Nf is pure emotions in a human

Definitely one of his "masterpieces" (as mentioned in another comment) ... and, even MORE poignant with the arrival of his first child last weekend ... a baby boy!

The woman in the corner was from child protective services. They visited their mom through supervised visits. If its any comfort, he has said in more recent interviews that he can empathize with what she went through and that he now forgives her.

This song gets me every single time. NF is super real

you pause because you react, tats what im here for, i dont mind how many times you pause, i like you reaction! btw this is my first video from you that i am watching, consider me subscribed!

This song just hit different man....OOOO it hurts...

I don't don't know what to comment because I cried through most of this but, keep going brother. This was great🙏🏽

That was a great reaction, best one I've seen to this song. I can't listen to this song without crying. So so powerful. Have a blessed day and much love from the UK 🇬🇧👍🏻

As parents our choices affect our children, and trauma lasts forever. Choose wisely.

Here come the tears

This song just hurts different. It's always so hard to get through. But worth it! Thanks for another great reaction.

He just had his first baby with his wife, that last part hits hard even more so now.

I was legit crying at that last part when he’s talking in his normal voice about why she had to leave

You're reaction videos are great just the way they are man don't worry about what people say about how you do your reactions, and just remember even the negative comments help push the algorithm so let em hate keep doin you.

W reaction, I just love the way you break down the song's and explain everything.

That lady in the corner taking notes was definitely a case worker observing their behavior.

Bossman, you got a subscriber 👌🏻 much love from northeast Tennessee!

Maybe the best reaction I've seen to this work of art. And i've watched hundreds! 👏👏👏

Another great NF reaction bro!

Tough song, I listen to it years ago and still every time I hear it I get chills like it's the first time hearing it. You should listen/watch "If You Want Love"

New sub, Such a brilliant lyricist, Powerful, Emotional. They said when NF recorded this, he was so emotional that he kicked everyone out the studio and just let it all out. Thanx for a great reaction, I love how your feelin it so deep, so never feel sorry for pausing...Peace

One of the best NF reactors, makes us appreciate the song even more with his breakdowns. Please react to I miss the days next.

Amazing And REAL Reaction!!

i was holding the tears back but at the end it all spilled out

dang i like this reaction.. keep up the good work!!

You are gifted.

FYI: the lady taking note is a social services…supervised visits

About to watch it. Im calling it he cries! EDIT 1: 2 mins and 5 seconds in, hasnt cried yet but he knows its coming EDIT 2: Didnt cry. Almost did at the very end when thanking the people who introduced him to NF. Awesome reaction bro

Don’t worry about pausing bro love watching you react to my favorite artist

You said the end almost had you cry'in. Listen through it once without pausing it and you will definitely shed a tear

Lost my biological mom at age 6 due to suicide. Me and my brother were in and out of relatives homes. Ended up in a foster home due to physical abuse from an uncle. My Aunt and Uncle in Alabama found out where we were at (in Georgia). They sent for us and was granted custody. I was 11...my brother was 15. They saved us. Then in 2016 my brother was murdered. So now it's just me. NF's songs hit me hard.

Every bar deserves the breakdown!

i had a similar issue with my mom, my mom didnt die but even though she eventualkly came back from the drugs she wasnt the same person. my moms drug use triggered her schizophrenia and she was never the same person. i hate pictures because my mom, i vividly remembering her leaving me at age 5 i ran up to my room broke the picture frame next to my bed and i ripped it in half and threw it out the window and ever since i dont like pictures really, im 34 now and i still have the issue with pictures because most of the time when i look at pictures from my past thats all i can remember instead of the moment of the actual picture

NF is the truth

I just heard you say perseverance.... alcohol withdrawal is HORRIBLE. It's worse than pills and I went thru that and got over it but alcohol makes your head twitch, your whole body shake, throwing up, diarrhea and you really feel like you're dying. Oh and cold sweats... can't sleep etc... and I'm on chemo too so my hands go numbs from that, I feel like I'm dying

My mom is still on earth but i never had her. So this song always stings. But i love it regardless.

The Ending hits different now cuz he's having a kid

This song definitely makes me cry. Makes me think of my mom, and how I'm going to be when my mom passes? How hard will it be? I also wanted to suggest, another artist to check out, two actually. Cryptic Wisdom, and Sik World. Cryptic Wisdom is dark, but he delivers good messages. Sik World is like NF, but with cursing. Great reaction!

I just watched the latest one and said I needed the next one and you came through for me! Thank youuuu

@DevLethal, great reaction and breakdown! I appreciate exactly how you do it. I look forward to the rest of the journey and many of my favorites which I think you'll add to your list also.

Great video, your pausing is actually helpful because I didn't even know some of the lines he sings.

This song always hits hard. My mother passed from early-onset Alzheimer's, my stepdad got remarried two years later, and my father lives in a different country. It feels like my children and in-laws are the only family I have. Truth be told, I feel like an orphan. My stepdad and I have a good relationship, but he has a new life to lead. He stayed by my mom's side all the way to the end. He was her primary caretaker and was sitting by her bedside at the end. He's earned every bit of the happiness he's found since, but I feel like an intruder. My dad came here legally when he was in his teens, and it was his choices that got him sent back. It always seemed like he loved alcohol, drugs, and chasing tail more than he loved his family. We still talk, but I'm a grown man in my 40s. I love him but there is a certain type of relationship that I don't think he and I will ever have. Not only that, but it was his choices that have ensured that he probably won't ever get to meet his grandchildren. I forgive him most days, but it's something I have to work on daily. NFs music hits hard, it hits fast, and it never misses, because he approaches it through lived experience and the scars left behind. Knowing that he now has a son to raise adds a whole new dimension to it. Now, he has to be what he didn't have. His child gets to have the things he didn't, and that brings healing. My youngest son is four, and he's my mini-me. The thought of putting him through the things I went through devastates me, which means I get to see what I would have been without the scars, the trauma, and the lack of control that I had going into fatherhood more than 20 years ago. I thank Jesus for those changes in me because I wouldn't have been able to do it without Him.

One song by one of my favorite rappers Witt Lowry is called last letter is amazing and got me balling like this one

Gotta say, when I clicked on the vid and saw it was 19 1/2 mins long I was like damn....really? Bro....you didnt waste a second. This was probably the best reaction I've seen to this devastating song.

Great reaction again! This is his deepest song

This man needs more subscribers. Real reactions for real artist 😁

other really talented and real artists are out here to. It's an awakening. The age of Aquarius! NF is so real, try listening to Yebba, My mind and her Tiny Desk concert. She is awesome..Aurora is also an amazing artist, listen to Lucky and Queendom. Also Marina - highly emotional people. Love and peace my friend. 💞

I know other people have said it...but he just had his first kid and it absolutely breaks me to rewatch this...

This is so heartbreaking to listen this music :( what a life

Dude, my Mom can't even listen to this song because when she does, she thinks about what would happen and how much grief we'd all have if she died prematurely. I can't even imagine how NF or anyone else whos lost a parent feels, especially if they didn't act like they loved you. It must be the most devastating feeling on the planet.

It makes it even harder when you have had no relationship with your mom because she choose drugs while you were growing up and she passed away before you could make memories..

great reaction, this song hits you in the soul. i really hope you do "All I Have" it's a big part of the journey, a fire song and he sings to you, i know you like that lol

Yep this song hits at home my mom left and i keep trying to get her back but i gave up

It's not a therapist. It's a Child Protection Service worker..... I think that's what makes this song so deep he is putting everything he remembers into the video and lyrics

We love you. Pause all you want.

ur reactions are gold

social worker in the corner taking notes!

What if people knew that the fact that he would never be the person or expression of a person he is now if his mom would not have gone in this way. this is something humanity needs to reconcile. we have choosen why and when we are here. And most of us are here to gain positive polarity from all the suffering we see today. if you can meet it with love the world will be a better place than what it was when you left it. Even the most Evil of actions can be forgiven if you realize that we are all children of the same source.