Caine: Now O-Dog was the craziest nigga alive. America's nightmare. Young, black, and didn't give a fuck.
Caine: My grandpa asked me one time if I care whether I live or die. Yeah I do. Now it's too late.
[Caine Lawson reflecting after being shot] Caine: After stomping on Ilena's cousin like that, I knew I was gonna have to deal with that fool someday. Damn! I never thought he'd come back like this, blasting. Like I said, it was funny like that in the...
O-Dog: You got some money or not? Basehead: Come on, man. You kmow I'm a little short. Hook me up, man. O-Dog: Nigga, hook you up? Fuck outta here. Basehead: Man, I got these cheeseburgers. They some double cheeseburgers. O-Dog: Nigga, I just ate. I ...
Detective: You know you done fucked up, don't you? You know it, don't you? You know you done fucked up.
Grocery Store Man: I feel sorry for your mother. O-Dog: What'd you say about my mama?
Grandpapa: Now what I want to talk to you two about is the trouble that you've been getting into. Boys, the Lord didn't put you here to be shooting and killing each other. It's right there in the Bible, Exodus 20:13: '"Thou shall not kill.' Caine: Gr...
Ilena: I'm pregnant. Caine: Well, what the fuck you tellin' me for? Ilena: What? So you just gonna dog me? Caine: It ain't mine. Ilena: Look, you the only one I was with! Caine: Stop lying, alright? Besides, I had the jimmy on extra tight.
Pernell: [during a visit to the penitentiary] It's been a long time, Caine. How you doin', man? How come you never come see me? Caine: [looking down] Man, I don't want to see you all caged up like some animal. Pernell: Is that what you think? I'm a a...
O-Dog: Hey, man, who the fuck gonna be old out there at twelve o'clock at night, bitch? Shit, nigga, I'll smoke anybody, nigga. I just don't give a fuck. Shit. I'm gonna hit this shit, nigger. Caine: Look, all right, not me, all right? I'm not killin...
O-Dog: I'll be larger then that nigga Steven Seagal I'll be a big-ass-movie-star, shit. A-Wax: Yeah that shit was cool, but I would have it done much better - it's all about A-wax.
Caine: Nigga, I know you ain't dumb enough to be showin' niggas the robbery tape, man. What's up with that? O-Dog: Man, cool out, nigga. We just havin' fun with the motherfuckin' tape. Damn, alright, ain't nobody else gonna see the tape. The shit is ...
Sharif: What's up, black man? Caine: Coolin'. Man, why you got that goddamn hood on your head, lookin' like the Grim Reaper? Sharif: It's cold out here, my brother. You know us black folks not used to this cold air. We a tropical people, you understa...
O-Dog: Hey man, I was gonna tell you somethin' 'fore we went up in the house, man. Caine: What's up? O-Dog: Oh nigga, guess what? Word got back about them little marks who jacked you and Harold. I know were they be kickin' it at. Down with a 187? Cai...
Caine: Went into the store just to get a beer. Came out an accessory to murder and armed robbery. It's funny like that in the hood sometimes. You never knew what was gonna happen, or when. After that I knew it was gonna be a long summer.
Caine: My father sold dope and my mother was a heroin addict. Moms and Pops were real popular in the neighborhood. They would always be giving parties for friends of theirs who just got out of jail or was on their way to jail. They only got married '...
Caine: For all the bullshit they try to teach you in high school, I graduated with about half of it. But then, I didn't go to school but half the time. The other half, I was out selling dope. Growing up out here, there was shit that couldn't be learn...
[A-Wax and Ronnie have brought a wounded friend into the emergency room] A-Wax: in an emergency room Give us a motherfuckin' doctor! Nurse #1: You'll have to fill out these forms first. Jackee: Bitch, fuck the forms! We need a doctor! He's bleeding t...