Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, released by Rockstar Games in 2004, opens with Carl Johnson returning to Los Santos after years away, and this line is his weary reaction as trouble finds him almost immediately. The quote was clipped and shared widely on YouTube, TikTok, and meme pages, where it became shorthand for deja vu and repeated chaos. Its staying power comes from how universally it fits: any return to a bad habit, a difficult game, or a familiar argument can be framed with the same resigned setup.
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The GTA San Andreas meme sound of CJ saying 'Ah shit, here we go again,' used when a chaotic or familiar situation starts all over again in videos.
Carl Johnson delivers this short, weary line in a flat, resigned tone, as if he already knows the trouble waiting for him. The voice is calm but exasperated, with a slow, deliberate delivery that makes the profanity land like a sigh rather than a shout. It instantly signals that a bad pattern is repeating, and viewers recognise the setup before anything else happens. Because the line is so widely quoted, it works as a punchline on its own, turning an ordinary return, relapse, or repeated mistake into a knowing joke about history repeating itself.
