Learn English – What does “I gets mine” mean

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In the last episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" there was this dialogue between Larry and Leon (black guy who uses a lot of street slang):

Larry: You think I'd go out with a guy wearing a green wife-beater? Look at you. This sh*t on your head.

Leon: Are you kidding me?

Larry: What the hell is that?

Leon: Oh, I gets mine, Larry. I f*king gets mine. You know I gets mine too.

What does "I gets mine" mean?

Best Answer

Apparently Leon is wearing a bandana, so that's what Larry means by this shit on your head. And wife-beater means a sleeveless singlet/vest (I think it usually means a dark blue one; I don't know if it's relevant that this one is green). Larry clearly thinks Leon doesn't look attractive.

Leon says gets rather than get just because it's "cool" to be ungrammatical. When he says mine he means my oats (his character might well not know of that the missing word). Basically, he's saying that he gets his oats (he gets plenty of sex), so Larry shouldn't assume his appearance is off-putting to women.