religion Archives - Internet Hip-hop Simile Database https://ihhsdb.com/tag/religion/ Cataloguing similes in hip-hop, one track at a time Mon, 24 Nov 2025 21:51:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 It’s like bedtime without your PJs https://ihhsdb.com/its-like-bedtime-without-your-pjs/ https://ihhsdb.com/its-like-bedtime-without-your-pjs/#respond Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:41:51 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1819 Image: Annie Spratt via Unsplash If I’m going to catalogue every hip-hop simile ever, I’m going to have to get a wriggle on. In 2024,…

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/its-like-bedtime-without-your-pjs/feed/ 0 I fliggity-fits the mould like the gold that’s on my teeth-es https://ihhsdb.com/i-fliggity-fits-the-mould-like-the-gold-thats-on-my-teeth-es/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-fliggity-fits-the-mould-like-the-gold-thats-on-my-teeth-es/#respond Sun, 26 Feb 2023 16:17:21 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1740 Das EFX's excellent simile use is slightly marred by their love of irritating nonsense words in our latest trip down simile lane.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-fliggity-fits-the-mould-like-the-gold-thats-on-my-teeth-es/feed/ 0 I whip my sword out like Uma in Kill Bill https://ihhsdb.com/i-whip-my-sword-out-like-uma-in-kill-bill/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-whip-my-sword-out-like-uma-in-kill-bill/#respond Sat, 14 May 2022 12:58:53 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1684 Lizzo whips her sword out and delivers a nice slice of simile action in her 2013 track Be Still

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-whip-my-sword-out-like-uma-in-kill-bill/feed/ 0 You lying like a politician https://ihhsdb.com/you-lying-like-a-politician/ https://ihhsdb.com/you-lying-like-a-politician/#respond Thu, 27 May 2021 14:31:37 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1436 Talib Kweli meets Al Green and Kanye West in this month's simile-analysing odyssey.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/you-lying-like-a-politician/feed/ 0 I stick around like hockey https://ihhsdb.com/i-stick-around-like-hockey/ https://ihhsdb.com/i-stick-around-like-hockey/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2020 17:12:29 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=1205 A corking collection of sporting similes sees Pharoahe Monch's Official go straight to the top of the simile league table.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/i-stick-around-like-hockey/feed/ 2 MCs be hooked like addicts https://ihhsdb.com/mcs-be-hooked-like-addicts/ https://ihhsdb.com/mcs-be-hooked-like-addicts/#comments Tue, 31 Dec 2019 14:37:34 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=873 I risk the ire of the farmer-butcher mafia by putting Bahamadia's 1996 track Three Tha Hard Way under my simile microscope.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/mcs-be-hooked-like-addicts/feed/ 2 It’s just like Cowboy riding on a saddle https://ihhsdb.com/its-just-like-cowboy-riding-on-a-saddle/ https://ihhsdb.com/its-just-like-cowboy-riding-on-a-saddle/#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:02:10 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=829 The Furious Five, probably the biggest misnomer in hip-hop, take us on a simile-laden journey via exploding killer sharks and a greased up bodybuilder.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/its-just-like-cowboy-riding-on-a-saddle/feed/ 2 Begin like a violin end like Leviathan https://ihhsdb.com/begin-like-a-violin-end-like-leviathan/ https://ihhsdb.com/begin-like-a-violin-end-like-leviathan/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:36:16 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=800 Nas is like...well, all sorts of things. Find out what as we look at his 1994 classic It Ain't Hard To Tell.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/begin-like-a-violin-end-like-leviathan/feed/ 9 Ugly scary girl like Herman Munster https://ihhsdb.com/ugly-scary-girl-like-herman-munster/ https://ihhsdb.com/ugly-scary-girl-like-herman-munster/#comments Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:02:32 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=756 It's the turn of Apani B Fly to flex her simile muscle and help us all act a little more mindfully. Relax and take in a hip-hopster classic.

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]]> https://ihhsdb.com/ugly-scary-girl-like-herman-munster/feed/ 2 Pullin’ out rhymes like books off the shelf https://ihhsdb.com/pullin-out-rhymes-like-books-off-the-shelf/ https://ihhsdb.com/pullin-out-rhymes-like-books-off-the-shelf/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2019 10:55:31 +0000 https://ihhsdb.com/?p=530 Bones are really hard. Discover this, and other underwhelming facts, as we dive into Young MC's 1989 hit Know How to hunt for the juiciest similes.

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