Likeless Simile

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 West's "Good Morning": "You got d's, motherfucker, d's, (like) Rosie Perez." In Drake's "Forever": "Swimmin' in the money, come and find me, (like) Nemo" In Young Money's "Bed Rock": "Shake and bake, (like) Ricky Bobby