"How to Love" is a song by American rapper Lil Wayne, released as the third single from his ninth studio album, Tha Carter IV.

[4] The song also makes it his first entry on hot adult contemporary stations, as CJFM-FM Montreal began playing it a month later after the single's release.

He also felt that the video "crosses rap's boundaries" with the song's unusual style, and also stated that "after he showed me the video concept, it's like, 'Yo, dude, we're gonna be at the Country Awards with this record,'... we gonna be sitting next to Taylor Swift.

Her child is born a girl and lives through tough times with her single mother, due to her physically abusive, wife-beating father being in jail.

In the end, the daughter grows up to be smarter and more mature, and graduates from high school, making her mother and grandmother proud.

"How to Love" received widespread acclaim from critics, complimenting the low tone and deep and mellow meaning in the song's lyrics.

Amanda Hensel of PopCrush lauded the "new side" displayed by Lil Wayne in the song, stating "we haven’t heard Young Weezy like this before, but if [it] is a result of his new lady friend, we welcome it with open arms.

The song has been covered by Reina Williams, Demi Lovato, K. Michelle, Justin Bieber, PJ Morton, Tinashe, August Alsina, Christina Grimmie, Jes Hudak, Tae Brooks, Cimorelli, Jude Demorest, Mark Isaiah, and Telamor.