Here’s a tip: “gotta” actually means “have to” / “has to”.
“Got to” isn’t grammatically correct. “Got to” is an idiom for “have to”.
So I have to go = I gotta go.
You have to be careful = you gotta be careful
He has to go home now. = he’s gotta go home now
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