Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. tinted or dark glasses.

1972		D. Claerbaut Black Jargon in White America 83: tints n. 1. prescription glasses with colored lenses. 2. sunglasses.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 258: tints 1. Lightly tinted eye glasses. 2. Sunglasses .

2. tinted windows in an automobile.

1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 112: Git one o’ dem old cars-one o’ dem ’50, ’60 rides. Throw a new motor off in dat car. Put black seats in dere, tints [windows].
1999		Noreaga ‘Flagrant Cops’ 🎵 Still soapin lookin for who was approachin / Blue suit damn I couldn’t see through the tints.
2018		KO ‘9er Ting’ 🎵 I’m in the back behind tints.