Likeless simile
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A literary device used by various hip-hop artists, the [likeless simile] is a simile without the words like or as prior to the descriptive part of the sentence.
For instance, in the song Bed Rock by Young Money, the
following line contains a likeless simile:
I just be coming off the top; asbestos
This line in simile form would be as follows:
I just be coming off the top like asbestos
Since the word like was omitted from the simile, it is a likeless simile.
Other examples of the [Likeless] similie include:
In Kanye Wests Good Morning:
You got ds, motherfucker, ds, (like) Rosie Perez.
In Drakes Forever:
[Swimmin] in the money, come and find me, (like) Nemo
In Young Moneys Bed Rock:
Shake and bake, (like) Ricky Bobby
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