How do I create a white line border for my video

So I've got standard HD source video with 16:9 aspect ratio (1920 x 1080 pixels) and I've made it "wide screen" by putting black slugs as bands at the top and bottom of the screen. I would now like to place a white line border at the top and bottom of the visible video. How do I do this in FCP? Is there a "draw" like function within FCP similar to those in Microsoft Word or Powerpoint, so that I can draw a line and then define it's colour and width?
Thanks very much.

Hi Michael,
if you need to do this often a plugin may also help you to quickly and easily create, reposition and change the width and color of one or more lines. One of these plugins is a free one of mine (actually I have two line genertors available for you).
You can find them using the link below, they are  "line generators" indeed:
http://www.lucavisualfx.com/freebies.htm
Hope you find them useful, if you need me to increase/decrease certain control values (in the actual script/code) let me know and I'll make necessary adjustments for you.
Luca
Disclaimer: The plugins downloadable from the link above are totally free, however, the web site includes commercial plugins/visual fx web pages. As per TOU I am required to state that  I may  receive compensation of some sort from my link reccomendation.

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