[Intro]

Okay (UpFront)

Akon, stay out of trouble now son

Akon, stay out of trouble now son

[Verse 1]

Let me tell you what hurts the most

I'm a convicted felon and I can't work

No matter where I go I try to get paid

They never give me the job 'cause they are afraid that

I'ma stick 'em up oh yeah stick it

Rob the manager and everybody in it

That's the everyday life of a convict tryin' to make it

While they sayin' to me

[Chorus]

The judge said don't trouble nobody

Probation say don't trouble nobody

Stay out of trouble, don't trouble nobody

And I'ma try not to trouble nobody

The judge said don't trouble nobody

Probation say don't trouble nobody

Stay out of trouble, don't trouble nobody

And I'ma try not to trouble nobody

[Verse 2]

Me and my niggas on the block all day clockin' dimes lookin' out for police

'Cause this the type of shit that we go through

Up in the ghetto just to make some cheese

Street life got me gettin' locked up about 5, 6 times a week

And then I make bond, take it from the profit of the weed

All this just to feed my seeds, yeah

I got a stop this livin'

I witness one too many killings

I done seen the hardest niggas straight dropped to the ground and was never ever found, so

[Chorus]

The judge said don't trouble nobody

Probation say don't trouble nobody

Stay out of trouble, don't trouble nobody

And I'ma try not to trouble nobody

The judge said don't trouble nobody

Probation say don't trouble nobody

Stay out of trouble, don't trouble nobody

And I'ma try not to trouble nobody

[Verse 3]

I'm tryin' to stay away from trouble every day

But it's hard when the things you need

Picture lookin' at your babies in the face

When they hungry and they need to eat

I'm trying not to do wrong

But they won't let me do right

Even though I done changed my life

Criminal record's what they judging me by, that's why

[Chorus]

The judge said don't trouble nobody

Probation say don't trouble nobody

Stay out of trouble, don't trouble nobody

And I'ma try not to trouble nobody

Momma said don't trouble nobody

Papa said don't trouble nobody

Stay out of trouble don't trouble nobody

And I'ma try not to trouble nobody (So I won't trouble nobody)

The judge said don't trouble nobody (Can't trouble nobody)

Probation say don't trouble nobody (Won't trouble nobody)

Stay outta trouble don't trouble nobody (Won't trouble nobody)

And I'ma try not to trouble nobody (So I won't trouble nobody)

Momma said don't trouble nobody (Can't trouble nobody)

Papa said don't trouble nobody (Won't trouble nobody)

Stay out of trouble don't trouble nobody (Won't trouble nobody)

And I'ma try not to trouble nobody (Yeah)