Emancipate Yourself From Mental Slavery

I like listening to Bob Marley, but I've really been thinking about the term prophet that some use when describing him. I have to admit, I have fallen into this trap and referred to him as a prophet, but after completing finals at Trinity and writing a billion essays on Prophets in the Old Testiment, I think like to think of Bob as a more of a Philosophizer than a Prophet.
Think of it this way, the Prophets didn't even want to be prophets. God was telling them (pretty much forcing them) to take the message that He had and give it to the people he had in mind...Israel: "oops I did it again". These guys would go town to town telling them that God's had it up to here with their shitake and that they are going to pay for it and eventually face the wrath of God. Some prophets ran away(jonah), Some walked around naked (so cool!), and some just married a prostitute (that's when the whores started to come into town, hosea).
Bob Marley did ask the question, "how long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look". I want to know who these prophets were. I myself think that A.W. Tozer may have been a prophet. I truly believe that God spoke through him and his writings. I enjoy his books, but they are way over my head sometimes. I also think that maybe the "Post Modern" authors, (that term has now become like the term grunge-I'll explain later) may be prophets. People like Brian McLaren, Erwin McManus, Dan Kimball all are anointed writers, but people seem to hate some of them.
So, let's wrap this burrito up. Bob Marley: Prophet-No Philosoher-Yes! I still love his songs and messages withing them though, how could somebody not? Songs about love, faith, resistance to the "norm" and standing up for your rights. His songs have a strong Christian message in theory: One Love-People Get Ready "let's get together and feel alright"...wait, is he talking about smoking weed?

Music I dig right now: Toots and the Maytals, John Legend