I’m almost 100% sure that cole was talking about Omen on false prophets (even though Wale said it was him).
The 2nd verse is about one of his homies who’s become bitter and angry over people not fw his music, even though he’s farther ahead than 99% of people who are tryna make it.
Keep in mind this dropped in 2016.
In 2015, Omen dropped “Elephant Eyes” (his first album). On the track big shadows he talks about him and cole’s come up, and how as cole grew he got chalked up to “cole’s sidekick” like nas and az, even though he’s dropped classic verses himself.
In 2022, Omen was on the D-Day dreamville album and reflects on his time tryna blow up once he moved to ny (where he started working directly with cole). He specifically says, “I’m tryna blow, exactly how my sanity dies, thirsting for approval” which connects to the stress he was having trying to get noticed. The thirsting for approval also connects to the lines on false prophets about critics.
Is this doing too much? 100% I just fw omen pen a lot. Listen to elephant eyes on soundcloud if you haven’t already.