Caine did more for Ronnie and Anthony than Ricky did for his own fucking child.
Ricky was a horrible father. Caine was not only taking care of another niggaz child.. he was bout to move out the state with them. He tried his best to maintain the thread with his grandparents... Where as Ricky was picking fights with his brother.
He protected Ronnie from sexual assault. And he listened to wisdom when presented to him. He accepted responsibility and understood accountability. He was loyal and not afraid to speak his mind.
The fact that the night of the party was the first time him and Ronnie fucked says a whole lot about him. Dude wasn't even doing it for the pussy. It was about the purpose.
I feel like Caine understood the shit Charles S Dutton was kicking to him way more than Ricky was listening to Furious by that billboard in Compton.
Y'all act like Caine chose this shit... He was born into it. He watched his father murder people. The fact he was willing to leave that environment shows that he had a much larger capacity for change.