 While "Amor Prohibido" is a cross-cultural musical fusion, it remains an authentic Tejano recording, which uses a minimalist style that was quintessential in early 1990s Tejano music.Selena called the recordings on "Amor Prohibido" as "love songs [or songs about] getting your heart broken".Lyrically, the title track "Amor Prohibido" encapsulates the social divide between a poverty-stricken woman and the man of unreachable rank with whom she has fallen in love.