346:"No Podrás" was written and composed by Alejandro Zepeda and Peter Skrabak. Lyrically, the song describes the end of a relationship between two lovers where the protagonist tells the lover that she will not forget how much he loved her. As with the other songs in the album, "No Podrás" was recorded and produced in California and promoted by
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a negative review, felt that "No Podrás" was "excellent work" and remarked that the other songs in the album did not come close to its quality. An editor of
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