gots

Meanings

verb

nonstandardHas, has got (3rd person singular).
Every time I hear a brother call a girl a bitch or a ho / Tryna make a sister feel low / You know all of that gots to go
1993, Dana Owens, Kier Gist, “U.N.I.T.Y.” (track 12), in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah
dialectalnonstandardHave, have got (1st person singular).
What the track? I gots to know!
2010, David Listenbee, Stefan Gordy, Skyler Gordy, Peter Schroeder, “Party Rock Anthem” (track 3), in Sorry for Party Rocking, performed by LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock
1 more example
"See, I gots bad hair, the kind of hair you have to wet in the morning 'fore you can comb it," he explains.
1988 April 8, Grant Pick, “Johnny Washington's Life”, in Chicago Reader

noun

From a reanalysis of got (colloquial form of have got) as a present tense verb.

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