In 1993, Michael Jackson was hired by Sega to write the music for Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Unhappy with the sound quality of his work on the system's hardware, he left the project. The music Jackson recorded for the game has never been released... until now. LYRICS: ANGEL ISLAND ZONE: Let me take you to A place where angels fly And to get there you Must take an airplane ride It's the greenest hillzone you have ever seen Where the fruit grows ripe off of the vine You can search both high and low for secret rings In this zone's non-linear design Shimona see and you run You soar and you swoop Through a straight-away Through a loopty-loop Avoid spikes and get rings Try not to get hit Up to a cliff and you're over and Falling Can't run cause you're Falling Can't jump cause you're Falling No matter how high you'll land right HYDROCITY ZONE: Obligatory water level No use complainin', they're all the same But here's the story, the developers Are forced to follow the law of side-scroller games I'll take you to a city underground Beneath the sea it's hard to go the speed of sound It's slow, I can jump with trouble Oh no, I can't breathe with an air bubble MARBLE GARDEN ZONE: Fallin' down a mountain There's nowhere else to run but down All the rings I'm countin' I'm sure to hear the 1-up sound Feelin' like I'm flyin' high above Platforms carry me if I jump up Like a child in a candy store Nothing's ever hurtin' me no more Upper pathways that I'm climbin' through Tails can lift you with controller two CARNIVAL NIGHT ZONE: There's a carnival in town Where are the children [gibberish] God is in the face of every child [more gibberish] I've got this feelin' Inside of my mind Cause when we run We never stop ICE CAP ZONE: On a snowboard high-speed racer The wind through my spines Soaring down a giant glacier I've only got three lives Air so cold Ice on the dancefloor Minus ten degrees Blue and bold Watch for Penguinator And gas that makes you freeze LAUNCH BASE ZONE: [Studio banter] END CREDITS: Spent some time playin' the game Mask of life feelin' insane Swift and sudden rise to grace Sunny days ain't far away Robotnik's shadow belittlin' me Knuckle's tomb won't let me be On and on and on I went Until I finally beat the game How does it feel? You beat the game