I’m not sure I’d run FCP 7 on Lion. It seems to work OK, but I don’t see any real benefit.
That said, there’s nothing special to do if you do upgrade. Just let the download happen from the app store.
There is a way to create a new startup disk if you want. https://www.macworld.com/article/1161069/make_a_bootable_lion_installer.html
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