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

gots

1. (nonstandard) Has, has got (3rd person singular).
   • 1993, Dana Owens, Kier Gist, “U.N.I.T.Y.” (track 12), in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah:

     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

2. (nonstandard, dialectal) Have, have got (1st person singular).
   • 1988 April 8, Grant Pick, “Johnny Washington's Life”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     "See, I gots bad hair, the kind of hair you have to wet in the morning 'fore you can comb it," he explains.

   • 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:

     What the track? I gots to know!

• Nigerian Pidgin: gatz, gats

• GTOs, gost, stog, togs

• Audio (Valencia):

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gots

1. masculine plural of got

gots

1. indefinite genitive singular of got