I'm sorry, but I do not see how writing a song such as Hard Rain turns one into a "prophet".

If people are looking for prophets, it is usually because they can't find the answers for themselves. To give someone else that burden is simply denying ones own issues. People want easy answers to lifes problems and fail to see the problems begin with themselves.

People create idols.   When the idols have feet of clay they tear down the idol, but really they are the ones at fault.