Ok, Akon, stay outta trouble now son   Akon, stay outta trouble now son      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 good job    'Cause they are afraid-that-I'ma stick 'em up   Oh yes, stick it, rob the manager and everybody in it   That's the everyday life of a convict   Tryin' to make it   Why they're saying to me      Chorus: (x2)   The judges said don't trouble nobody   Probation said don't trouble nobody   Stay outta trouble don't trouble nobody   And I'ma try not to trouble nobody      Me an' my niggas on the block all day, blocking dimes   Lookin' out for police   'Cause this the type of shit that we go through up in the ghetto   Just to make some cheese   The street type got me gettin' locked up about 5-6 times a week   And then I make mon' take it from the profit of the weed   All this just to feed my seeds (yeah)      I gotta stop this livin'   I witness one too many killings   I done seen the hardest nigga street   Talk to the clown that was never ever found, so      Chorus      I'm trying to stay away from trouble everyday   But its hard when the things you need   Picture lookin' at your babies in the face when they hungry and they need to eat   I'm tryin' not to do wrong   But they won't let me do right   Even tho I done changed my life criminal records' what   They judging me by, that's why      Chorus      My mamma said don't trouble nobody   My pappa said don't trouble nobody   Stay outta trouble dont trouble nobody   And I'ma try not to trouble nobody (so I won't trouble nobody)      Chorus      My mamma said don't trouble nobody (can't trouble nobody)   My pappa said don't trouble nobody (won't trouble nobody)   Stay outta trouble dont trouble nobody (wont trouble nobody)   And I'ma try not to trouble nobody (yeah)