sentences:  In the same year Phillips stood in South Africa's first democratic election as a candidate for the eccentric Soccer Party.Phillips summed up his optimism about the New South Africa when he said "Hopefully now we can start to like ourselves, and start to like our music".His music now reflected his hopes for the new dispensation, and the dark and angry words of the 80s were replaced with songs of optimism like "Why Can't We (Love one another), '(I Want the World to) Start Again' and "Tabane" (a tribute to Malombo's Phillip Tabane).