The line comes from the opening of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, released in 2004. Protagonist Carl Johnson returns to Los Santos after years away and is immediately pulled back into gang trouble, prompting the weary remark. Voiced by Young Maylay, the moment stayed a fan favourite for years before resurfacing around 2019 as a reaction meme. Clips and stills of CJ walking were paired with captions about unavoidable repeats, turning a story intro into shorthand for any dreaded do-over.
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Carl Johnson's 'Ah shit, here we go again' line from GTA San Andreas, the go-to meme sound for starting the same frustrating routine over again.
This is Carl Johnson, known as CJ, delivering his resigned opening line from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. He says it flatly, with tired recognition rather than surprise, as if the trouble ahead is already familiar. The delivery is short, dry and instantly quotable, which is why the clip works even without the game scene attached. Viewers hear the sigh in his voice and immediately understand the feeling of being dragged back into the same mess, the same argument or the same grind they thought they had escaped.
