Cairo had only ever wanted to be a normal, boring side character. It wasn't that he had no ability to do good, or didn’t have the motivation to be great, but it was the fact he physically didn’t think he could. He was...awkward, and had no clue what he was good at, nor where he was going in life. Akeem would be a way better protagonist than him. Handsome, accomplished, smart, the whole package. He could have been Akeem's funny side character.